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The Fallen
by Celia Thomson
I'm deciding on a four for lots of reasons.
First of all, I'm reading this as a bind up but I wanted to separate the books in case I didn't feel like reading the second one right away (which is the case) so good choice, Past Rachel.
Anyway.
This book was really good. I'm a huge fan of oldish bind-ups that publishers re-bind and market as new again (you guys know I'm a huge Christopher Pike and Elizabeth Chandler fan). I just find they have a certain feel to them, like I don't know, they're different. So I liked this because of that, and also because this was an awesome concept. I generally don't like books about werewolves much at all (could be residual trauma from the eternal Edward-Jacob debate of 2007). So a book about a cat-girl is right up my alley! This is really short, and the plot is one of those books where we don't have even half of the story behind what's happening yet, which is perfect for this book.
The reason I'm taking a star off is because of these characters. UGH. Chloe is... someone I would like to slap. Repeatedly. And maybe its because this girl is like 15 (the book starts the day before her 16th birthday but lets be real here) and every little life event is really her world imploding. I mean there are just things that she does that really bothered me. She acts really immature and then starts throwing herself at men (which isn't that mature either) but my point is that the author chooses to make this girl act like a whiny 15 year old on one chapter, and like a scandalous vixen making out in alleys with men (MEN) who she meets in BARS. I think if I was younger and having the option to do things like that was years away (not that I go to bars and kiss men I don't know NOW but I COULD if I wanted) then I could relate to her more. AND if I was 15 and my world was equally turmoil filled I might like her better. Also her love interests in this are macho douche-canoes that make me want to pull my hair out.
So BASICALLY we have all that happening, and oh, she's also a cat and people are trying to kill her, which is pretty cool (for me, not for her).
But read this if you'd like! I mean, its fun and short and really not that hard to get through! If you're younger you may like it more, but either way I enjoyed it.
First of all, I'm reading this as a bind up but I wanted to separate the books in case I didn't feel like reading the second one right away (which is the case) so good choice, Past Rachel.
Anyway.
This book was really good. I'm a huge fan of oldish bind-ups that publishers re-bind and market as new again (you guys know I'm a huge Christopher Pike and Elizabeth Chandler fan). I just find they have a certain feel to them, like I don't know, they're different. So I liked this because of that, and also because this was an awesome concept. I generally don't like books about werewolves much at all (could be residual trauma from the eternal Edward-Jacob debate of 2007). So a book about a cat-girl is right up my alley! This is really short, and the plot is one of those books where we don't have even half of the story behind what's happening yet, which is perfect for this book.
The reason I'm taking a star off is because of these characters. UGH. Chloe is... someone I would like to slap. Repeatedly. And maybe its because this girl is like 15 (the book starts the day before her 16th birthday but lets be real here) and every little life event is really her world imploding. I mean there are just things that she does that really bothered me. She acts really immature and then starts throwing herself at men (which isn't that mature either) but my point is that the author chooses to make this girl act like a whiny 15 year old on one chapter, and like a scandalous vixen making out in alleys with men (MEN) who she meets in BARS. I think if I was younger and having the option to do things like that was years away (not that I go to bars and kiss men I don't know NOW but I COULD if I wanted) then I could relate to her more. AND if I was 15 and my world was equally turmoil filled I might like her better. Also her love interests in this are macho douche-canoes that make me want to pull my hair out.
So BASICALLY we have all that happening, and oh, she's also a cat and people are trying to kill her, which is pretty cool (for me, not for her).
But read this if you'd like! I mean, its fun and short and really not that hard to get through! If you're younger you may like it more, but either way I enjoyed it.